Every step in human progress, from the first feeble stirrings in the abyss of time, has been opposed by the great majority of men. Every valuable thing that has been added to the store of man's possessions has been derided by them when it was new, and destroyed by them when they had the power. They have fought every new truth ever heard of, and they have killed every truth-seeker who got into their hands.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed.
If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed.
No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.
No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.
There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man read more
There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness.
To be aware how fruitful the playful mood can be is to be immune to the propaganda of the alienated, read more
To be aware how fruitful the playful mood can be is to be immune to the propaganda of the alienated, which extols resentment as a fuel of achievement.
Every fairly intelligent person is aware that the price of respectability is a muffled soul bent on the trivial and read more
Every fairly intelligent person is aware that the price of respectability is a muffled soul bent on the trivial and the mediocre.
We cannot hate those who we despise.
We cannot hate those who we despise.
To know truly is to know by causes.
To know truly is to know by causes.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
